For the first time, the Teaching Awards Celebration will bring together award recipients from across the university.
In 2019, Principal Patrick Deane and Vice-Principal (Teaching and Learning) John Pierce hosted the 2019 Principal's Teaching and Learning Awards at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. (Queen's University / Bernard Clark)
Each year, teaching awards at Queen's University are conferred to educators and staff who have excelled in fostering innovative, interesting, and inclusive learning environments.
In particular, the past year has been particularly challenging for the university's instructors as the majority of programs and courses had to be switched to remote formats in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
At a time when collaboration is more important than ever, this year's Teaching Awards Celebration will bring together recipients from the various teaching awards that are given out by sponsors including the Principal, Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning), School of Graduate Studies, Queen's University Alumni Association, as well as the Alma Mater Society (AMS) and the Society for Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS).
It marks the first time in Queen's 23-year history of the teaching awards that the event will be a truly university-wide sponsored celebration. The event will be hosted online due to COVID-19 restrictions, on Wednesday, March 24, starting at 4:30 pm.
"This year, we combine our efforts as staff, administrators, undergraduate students, graduate students/teaching fellows, and alumni to confer all the university-wide teaching awards together and to celebrate the remarkable efforts and achievements in a teaching and learning environment like no other," says Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane. "While this will be a virtual celebration, we all look forward to the day when we can celebrate together in person."
Celebrate together
The chat function will be enabled to allow attendees to join the celebration of teaching conversation, and to congratulate the award recipients.
Registration is now open. Members of the Queen's community are encouraged to register to attend, and to share the registration link with any colleagues, family, or friends who might be interested.
Register via Zoom.
The celebration will simultaneously be available on the Office of the Principal's YouTube channel and will remain available for those unable to attend.
During the celebration of the university-wide awards, faculty and departmental teaching award recipients will also be honoured and will be listed in the program and at the end of the ceremony. A teaching awards directory is available on the Centre for Teaching and Learning website.
AWARD WINNERS
AMS Awards
Christopher Knapper Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance
2019-20 Richard Patenaude, Department of Political Studies
Fall 2020 Josh Zacks, Department of Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award
2019-20 Bhavin Shastri, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy
2019-20 Carolyn Smart, Department of English Language and Literature
Frank Knox Award
2019-20 Stéphanie Martel, Department of Political Studies
Fall 2020 Stephanie Lind, Dan School of Drama and Music
Society of Graduate and Professional Students Awards
SGPS Teaching Assistant/Teaching Fellow Award
2019-20 Taylor J. Smith, School of Computing
SGPS John G. Freeman Faculty Excellence Award
2019-20 Shobhana Xavier, School of Religion
Principal's Teaching and Learning Awards
Indigenous Education Award (sponsored by the Centre for Teaching and Learning)
2020 Lindsay Morcom, Faculty of Education
2020 Melanie Howard, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2021 Armand Ruffo, Department of English Language and Literature
Michael Condra Outstanding Student Service Award (sponsored by the Office of Vice-Provost and Dean of Student Affairs)
2020 Joan Jones, Housing and Ancillary Services
2021 Lisa Webb, Student Affairs, Ban Righ Centre
Promoting Student Inquiry Award (sponsored by the Queen's Library)
2020 Una D'Elia, Art History and Art Conservation
2021 Asha Varadharajan, Department of English Language and Literature
Educational Technology Award (sponsored by Information Technology Services)
2020 Ryan Martin, Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy
2021 Christian Muise, School of Computing
2021 Mohammad Auais, School of Rehabilitation Therapy (Team)
2021 Nancy Dalgarno, Office of Professional Development & Educational Scholarship (Team)
2021 Julie Cameron, School of Rehabilitation Therapy (Team)
2021 Jennifer Turnnidge, Office of Professional Development & Educational Scholarship (Team)
2021 Lucie Pelland, School of Rehabilitation Therapy (Team)
2021 Klodiana Kolomitro, Office of Professional Development & Educational Scholarship (Team)
International Education Innovation Award (sponsored by Office of the Vice-Provost (International))
2021 Isabelle Brent, Bader International Study Centre
2020 Jennifer Hosek, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
School of Graduate Studies
Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision
2020 Liying Cheng, Faculty of Education
2020 Mark Stephen Diederichs, Department of Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering
Queen's University Alumni Association
Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance
2019 Holly Ogden, Faculty of Education
2020 Anne Petitjean, Department of Chemistry
Office of the Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning)
Chancellor A. Charles Baillie Teaching Award
2020 Wendy Powley, School of Computing
Wendy Powley is an associate professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science's School of Computing, where she has taught for more than years. In her work at Queen's (which has also included teaching with the Faculty of Education and Arts and Science Online), she has consistently demonstrated excellence in instruction and innovation, leadership, collaboration, and the linking of research with teaching. In courses spanning the undergraduate experience, Powley has deeply impacted student learning with thoughtful course designs, substantial curricular development, and important program coordination. She serves as a department leader in teaching with numerous service roles and mentorship of colleagues, both before and during the shift to remote teaching prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. She has also demonstrated a commitment to equity through her work encouraging women in computing in professional and community organizations alike. Powley's commitment to teaching and learning is an inspiration to students, faculty, and staff at Queen's and beyond
2021 Claire Davies, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Claire Davies is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science's Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Since coming to Queen's in 2015, she has consistently fostered a supportive environment for undergraduate and graduate teaching and learning, emphasizing interdisciplinary, experiential, and project-based learning. Dr. Davies has demonstrated a commitment to accessibility, inclusion, and connecting research and teaching through courses that leverage academic resources and her own Building and Designing Assistive Technology Lab to meet assistive technology needs in the community. Through numerous research studies on her blended and active learning teaching strategies, Dr. Davies has deeply impacted student learning at Queen's and beyond. It is clear that in teaching, research, and service at Queen's and in her professional discipline, Dr. Davies achieves her own goal of leading by example.
(Note: Any 2020-21 award recipients who were not chosen in time to be part of this ceremony, will be invited to next year's event.)
Other celebration contributors:
In addition to the conferring of the above awards, there will be special contributions to the 2021 Teaching Awards Celebration by:
Kanonhsyonne Jan Hill, Director, Office of Indigenous Issues
Wendy Powley, 2020 Chancellor A. Charles Baillie Teaching Award Recipient
Claire Davies, 2021 Chancellor A. Charles Baillie Teaching Award Recipient
Mark Green, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic)
